SACRAMENTO — When Gov. Brown nominated Rose Elizabeth Bird to be chief justice of the California Supreme Court, he plunged her into a crucible of heated controversy and historic significance. But the ...

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. California legislators can be a fearful lot. They’re fearful of doing ...

Thirty years ago, on November 4, 1986, California voters ousted Rose Bird, chief justice of the California Supreme Court, by a margin of 67 to 33 percent. This landslide vote confirmed that, contrary ...

State Sen. Steve Glazer, D-Orinda, who once worked for Chief Justice Rose Bird, said it's time to publicly honor the first-of-her-kind jurist. California lawmakers on Tuesday moved to name a corner of ...

When Meg Whitman recently attacked Jerry Brown for his appointment of Rose Bird as California’s chief justice 33 years ago, some pundits dismissed it as a tired story. Politically, they’re probably ...

SACRAMENTO — Part of the California Capitol Rose Garden in Sacramento now has a new name. The Peace Plaza at the California State Capitol World Peace Rose Garden is now called the Chief Justice Rose ...

Rose Bird, nominated by Gov. Jerry Brown, was sworn in as the first female member of the California Supreme Court and its Chief Justice on March 26, 1977. Ward Sharrer Sacramento Bee file It is long ...